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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi
What led you to choose this over something like a mecanum setup?
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Is it more agile than a mecanum drive? I can definitely see the weight advantages of omni and the corner setup, but I'm just wondering if and how it's more maneuverable than a mecanum drive. Can you prove some numbers? Like traverse speed in degrees per second or seconds per 360 degrees, straight (meaning moving parallel to one of the frame pieces) speed, and diagonal (moving at 45 degrees to the frame pieces) speed?
I've always thought that:
Mec Straight Speed > Omni Straight speed
Mec Diagonal speed < Omni Diagonal Speed
Mec Strafe Speed = Omni Straight Speed
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